new thread for 2014, even though we've still got a week left.
what are your NYE plans? a. and i are staying local, going to bow & truss in north hollywood. so much better than trying to navigate the crowds in hollywood proper or DTLA.
― lana del rubio (get bent), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 04:24 (ten years ago) link
I like the sound of that. I...am not sure. Possibly something low key with friends, otherwise just zoning.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
Early low key party with friends in O.C.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 08:51 (ten years ago) link
yesterday i was invited to go down to anaheim to sing christmas carols with my group for a quick-and-easy $75, but i turned it down because i'm really christmased-out this year. but if it were here in town i probably would have done it.
― lana del rubio (get bent), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
i misread elvis's post and thought he was having a key party.
things going on around town:
-electroacoustic dudes from berlin in eagle rock tomorrow night: http://cfaer.org/ai1ec_event/ad-hoc-9-thomas-ankersmit-and-jorg-hiller/?instance_id=1200
-parquet courts at the fonda on the 17th:http://www.axs.com/events/245911/parquet-courts-white-fence-tickets
-"she devil" and "death becomes her" double feature hosted by karina longworth at the new beverly on the 24th and 25th: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/550068
-"heavy metal"/"american pop" and "fantastic planet"/"waking life" at the egyptian:http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/egyptian_theatre_events?page=1
-wooden shjips at the echo on the 24th:https://www.facebook.com/events/374901932641852
― Esa-Pekka Merkerson (get bent), Saturday, 11 January 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
Nick Zinner and Malia James photo opening out in Pomona tonight (Pomona art walk is also going on)
http://thespacegallery.wordpress.com/exhibitions/everywhere-and-nowhere-in-between/
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 11 January 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
concert of alvin lucier works, performed by the southland ensemble, in k-town on the 21st:
http://tuesdaysatmonkspace.org
― Rothko's Chicken and Waffles (donna rouge), Saturday, 11 January 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
the "Hardcore American minimalism from the early 1970′s, including Reich’s seminal Four Organs, performed by Danny Holt, Mike Robbins and 18-Squared" one in april sounds cool too.
― Esa-Pekka Merkerson (get bent), Saturday, 11 January 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
we're gonna be exhibiting at the LA zinefest in feb, stop by and say hello to ytth (and buy one of z_s' or abbott's comics while you're there)! we'll have our pup so i won't be at the fest itself. we're staying in santa monica, any recs for eats/activities/shopping round there? and anyone wanting to hang out with me and my adorable husky on the sunday, msg me!
― just1n3, Saturday, 11 January 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Obligatory real estate porn of the month:http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/01/be_the_second_owner_ever_of_this_snazzy_midcentury_time_capsule_by_harold_b_zook.php
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 16 January 2014 08:28 (ten years ago) link
1986:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16IPv1_h-4
― Esa-Pekka Merkerson (get bent), Friday, 17 January 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
that shallow 2.6 earthquake by Universal jolted my wife awake (but not me.) And it's the 20th anniversary of the northridge quake!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
Screening of aggro-blipvert mayhem experimental assaultist Stom Sogo's Sweet First, Seizure Second at Human Resources on Saturdayhttp://humanresourcesla.com/news/2014/2/18/22214-9pm-stom-sogo-sweet-first-seizure-second-1.html
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 February 2014 09:05 (ten years ago) link
Jandek at The Church On York on May 24th!
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
forthcoming shows of note:
voices from the lake/donato dozzy tomorrow night at the complex!
nils frahm at the bootleg theater!
I missed:
Marissa nadler bc I was sickcian nugent and angel olsen bc I was sick
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 6 March 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
had my first scoop from van leeuwen's new LA ice cream truck this week. mint chip. mmmmmm. that is all.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 7 March 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
saw new bums (ben chasny/donovan quinn) in the basement of church on york last night. the place is a total mess, although they put on good shows.
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Friday, 7 March 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
The pew I was sitting on at mark mcguire/julianna barwick was hard and subsequently cracking.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 7 March 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
i probably won't be able to make it to the jandek show, but i'm glad he's playing an l.a. venue!
(xpost: yeah, those pews are uncomfortable. and the bathrooms are a joke.)
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Friday, 7 March 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
still I think it's a great venue. So many acts I like go through venues I hate. Like the echo! I hate that place. cf the half great (thx to the performer)/half worst show ever (thx to the echo) roedelius show.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 7 March 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
the echo has terrible sound and it's not big enough for the crowds they let in. and yet i keep going...
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Friday, 7 March 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
I found that the best sound at The Echo is on the stage-left corner - between the stage and the benches where the merch usually is.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that's my favorite place to stand.
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
the last time I saw a show there, the best sound was outside
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
Linda Perhacs is doing an in-store at Amoeba on Sunday at 5.
― nickn, Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/6deeea43189fd67baedb649782c5c981/tumblr_n1vpxt8MM81s4df8ko1_1280.jpg
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:43 (ten years ago) link
i'm in the "struggling actors" zone right above c-list celebrities.
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Saturday, 8 March 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
Pretentious Dicks 1995-2005
tbf dickifation didn't really start til 2004ish
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
oh dammit that should be 1995-2008
map appears to be a real labor of love imo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
I'm Wisteria Lane (WTF?)
― nickn, Saturday, 8 March 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
Super Creepy 1950s Looking Area!
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 March 2014 10:37 (ten years ago) link
any of you cool cats going to kronos/laurie tonight?
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Saturday, 15 March 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Not I for I am deeply uncool.
However -- who's doing what next week for Kraftwerk? I'll be at the Trans Europe Express show on Wednesday -- already set for plans beforehand but I'll look around for anyone there at the show and/or waiting for Man-Machine later that night. Won't be able to stay long but even just a quick hello!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 March 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
a. and i are in for radio-activity on tuesday.
― mary-kate and ashley's roachclip (get bent), Saturday, 15 March 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
going to radio-activity on tuesday and trans europe on wednesday. first time seeing kraftwerk and first time being inside disney hall.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 17 March 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
Uhhh
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 17 March 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
I'm in LA for 3 months as of Thursday. Being a Londoner, I never learned to drive, which I've been told makes the city a little difficult to navigate. I'll be staying in Mount Washington, pretty close the Gold Line, am I right in thinking if I want to explore then the best bet is Gold Line down to Union Station/Downtown and set off in whichever direction from there?
Unfortunately I'll probably spend most of my time working, but I'm sure I'll get the odd day off here and there. If anybody knows of anything I should see or anywhere I simply *have* to go while I'm over- please let me know!
If I'm free I'll def be checking out LA psyche fest, and prob Factory Floor Apr 15th at The Echo...
― Crackle Box, Monday, 17 March 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Oh I see you just had an earthquake, hope everybody is okay!
― Crackle Box, Monday, 17 March 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
In brief: yeah, Gold Line to Union is a good start, but you'll need to use the bus lines from there to get out all the way to the coast (if that's part of your goal). There are a couple of Metro Rapid lines which will be very handy for you there.
As for what exactly to see...well, what are you interested in? LA's got a lot of stuff, give us some focus!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 March 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
- Anything that's a bit under the radar / local / interesting music + art wise, I guess. Is there much of a improv/electronics scene there? Any venues to check out to see local DIY type stuff?
- The parks /areas around LA- are there any that are easy to get to and from same day that you'd recommend?
- Beach with nice seafood and not too busy would be cool.
― Crackle Box, Monday, 17 March 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
there's a p big improv/electronics scene yeah
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 March 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
yes to all your questions actually
crackle, i live near the mt washington gold line stop. right in that area there's sycamore grove park and hermon park and the audubon center and the arroyo seco bike trail. also the seafood truck that parks alongside SGP on figueroa is awesome
― Rothko's Chicken and Waffles (donna rouge), Monday, 17 March 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
the blue one? ha- i think i saw that on my google maps adventure. cheers for the pointers donna rouge
― Crackle Box, Monday, 17 March 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
in terms of under-the-radar music venues: there's the wulf and handbag factory downtown, church on york in highland park, pehrspace in echo park, human resources in chinatown, the tuesdays at monk space series in koreatown, pieter in lincoln heights...
― Rothko's Chicken and Waffles (donna rouge), Monday, 17 March 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Mata as well
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 March 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (http://cfaer.org/) does oddball music shows occasionally.
― nickn, Monday, 17 March 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
thanks! loads of noise stuff going on, excellent
― Crackle Box, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
There's also a newsletter called Restless Nites that has a lot of stuff. Should be able to sign up here.
http://www.restlessnites.com/
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
hey I've street teamed this shit elsewhere but if you guys would like to see my friends' movie (that my kid is in too) it's playing for a week at cinefamily (til next thursday) and the reviews are insane. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cheap_thrills_2013/
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 22 March 2014 02:08 (ten years ago) link
The best comedy show in town is the free one at the Downtown Independent every Tuesday: http://sleepawaycampcomedy.com
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 July 2014 09:47 (nine years ago) link
UCB shows are $5
― boney tassel (sic), Friday, 11 July 2014 13:16 (nine years ago) link
You wouldn't know anyone at the Groundlings either!
― boney tassel (sic), Friday, 11 July 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
Moshe Kasher
is kinda great
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 11 July 2014 13:19 (nine years ago) link
ugh, got sort of sickish just these last 2 hours after huge lunch of sandabs and lamb kidneys at M&F -- probably not their fault -- but I can't have drinks tonight. Sorry!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 July 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
no worries -- feel better!
― Neil Patrick Haggerty (get bent), Saturday, 12 July 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
^^^^*
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 12 July 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
Extended Organ performance tonight at the MOCA Geffen (free). They're doing free nights (6-10) every Saturday in July.
http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/07/02/extended-organ/
― nickn, Saturday, 19 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
We're doomed!
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-jones-20140716-column.html#page=1
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 19 July 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25559
mika vaino tonight!
― Crackle Box, Saturday, 26 July 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
*vainio ffs
― Crackle Box, Saturday, 26 July 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link
magik markers + patty schemel's new band death valley girls at the echo:
http://www.theecho.com/event/531157-magik-markers-death-valley-los-angeles/
― Neil Patrick Haggerty (get bent), Saturday, 26 July 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
Echo Park Rising festival this weekend.
http://epr.la/
― nickn, Monday, 11 August 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
anyone going to jon hassell tonight?
― wapo tofu (get bent), Monday, 11 August 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Excuse my street team pr for a friend's movie:
August 147:30 p.m.The Silent Movie Theater611 N. Fairfax AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90036
Hosted by: Don’t Knock the Rock
Master documentarian Jeff Krulik will make his magnificent return to Los Angeles with his latest blockbuster, Led Zeppelin Played Here, which digs deep into the mystery of the classic rock group playing a micro-venue in Maryland. Did the band really play? Or is the tale just a hallucinogenic myth conjured up by pranksters?
Krulik will be in attendance and will participate in a post-screening Q&A session hosted by musican and actor Michael Des Barres.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
tonight (Thursday)!
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
cool, i hope that went well!
would love to go to berserktown but i have too much work this weekend (and it's $45):
http://www.clublosglobos.com/event/612303-berserktown-festival-3-day-los-angeles/
― wapo tofu (get bent), Friday, 15 August 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
Decent article on Frogtown and requisite issues that result from being the new hot neighborhood
http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/08/20/las-hottest-new-neighborhood-frogtown-doesnt-want-the-title?showFullText=true
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 21 August 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
I've been going to their annual art walk for a few years now, nice neighborhood.
― nickn, Thursday, 21 August 2014 06:43 (nine years ago) link
Next Frogtown art walk is coming up on the 13th: http://www.frogtownarts.com
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 11 September 2014 05:06 (nine years ago) link
Also just learned that rent at my former house in Glendale just went up by 51%.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 11 September 2014 05:10 (nine years ago) link
our rent just went up $45 (they can't gouge us tho, it's a rent control building).
― replacements gustafsson (get bent), Thursday, 11 September 2014 05:14 (nine years ago) link
speaking of rents going up
http://la.eater.com/2014/10/20/7015419/hollywood-cat-fiddle-closing-december-15
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 20 October 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
My sister and I are trying to decide whether to take the VIP Paramount studio tour (4 hours) or the regular tour (2 hours). Does anyone have any experience with either?
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 20 October 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
The regular tour was OK and long enough for me; not much emphasis on vintage stuff, obviously. I don't know what the VIP adds, but if it's to do with contemporary production, I wouldn't care.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 October 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Too bad about the Cat & Fiddle. Kim Gardner of The Creation was running it for a long time until he died in the early 2000s.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 20 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
also am i sposed to get only a martini at Musso & Franks, or a steak as well?
having been there now, holy heck yes a steak as well
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Monday, 20 October 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
My sister opted for the VIP tour. . . .
I'll be in L.A. this weekend . . . anything interested going on?
So far our plans are Paramount Studios, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the Dresden, maybe a Brewery Art Walk, maybe a Singaporean Crab Fest in Little Tokyo.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
My birthday is this Thursday and in a shocking display of public celebration, we'll be at the HMS Bounty from 8 to 11. Come by the H.M.S. Bounty sometime between 8 and 11, have a drink, have a steak, but more importantly say hi and hang out.
http://www.quartzcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ckb49-dragnet.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
i like the font.
― Westing (By Musket Anne Sexton) (get bent), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
can anyone recommend a nice-ish (i.e. not too divey) bar in the montecito heights area? bonus points for a decent wine selection.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:07 (nine years ago) link
might want to check out the hermosillo on York in highland park if that's not too far.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:15 (nine years ago) link
thanks! that came up at the top of the page on yelp, actually.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:20 (nine years ago) link
I love how so many of your bars play TCM! Did Paramount tour, Hollywood Forever tour, the Dresden with Marty and Elaine (I thought they would be better but the Dresden was amazing). Visited Echo Park (last time it was under construction), Amoeba, Cat & Fiddle, Ye Rustic Inn, the Last Bookstore, and Skylight Books. There was too long a wait at Daikokuya so we ate at Suehiro Cafe in Little Tokyo, which I thought was really good. We also went to the Brewery Arts Complex, where it was interesting to snoop around peoples studios/homes. My sister drove me around the Arts District as well.
I love L.A.! But it was really hot. I hope to come back for a longer visit in February.
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link
If you're willing to go into Highland Park, you might also try the Greyhound. I think it's just beer and wine, though.
http://the-greyhound.com/
― nickn, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 08:00 (nine years ago) link
next saturday! contact me through any of the usual channels for more details.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15557024517_46a54d7039_b.jpg
― Westing (By Musket Anne Sexton) (get bent), Saturday, 8 November 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
^vaporwave graphics included with entry
― Westing (By Musket Anne Sexton) (get bent), Saturday, 8 November 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1526430_10152513724168008_5763649621192393912_n.jpg?oh=c186a73d0a8949f0875a4cde13faa3dd&oe=5516D8A5
― nickn, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
Architectural criticism at its finest.
― nickn, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
I took the red line to work this morning.. think that decision will pay off in spades
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 8 December 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
What's the deal with Nico Vega? Never heard of them until tonight but "I Believe (Get Over Yourself)" sounds like it become potentially big here in Europe
― Sharkie, Monday, 8 December 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
Capt. Steve Tufts oversaw a fire engine that responded to the blaze from an LAFD station on 51st Street in South LA.
"It reminded me of the '80s," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood. It burns. It burns good."
― schlump, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
"It reminded me of the '80s; the kind of phrasing you remember being used by singers like Bruce Springsteen, the classic rock era," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood / It burns / It burns good."
― schlump, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
"It reminded me of the '80s; the kind of phrasing you remember being used by comedians like John Candy, the classic TV comedy era," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood / It burns / It burns good."
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_--YjWiyF8eE/SypTEW81kzI/AAAAAAAAF2c/EJa7ovXuTng/s400/SCTV%2Bfarm%2Breport.jpg
― nickn, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Saw Nico Vega as an opener a couple years back... LA is good at producing these kinds of schlocky-alternative bands that are histrionic enough to hold your attention for a bit. Didn't mind them, but I couldn't remember any of the songs.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link
i am 99.999 percent certain this was arson -- could be a rival developer, a pissed-off tenant, even an inside job.
― Bill Nighy the Science Gighy (get bent), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
xp
In 100% agreement with your 99.999
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
LA Plays Itself is showing at Union Station Friday at 7:00 (free). Only link I have is Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1527217734207990
― nickn, Thursday, 26 February 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
The new thread
― nickn, Friday, 12 June 2015 07:49 (eight years ago) link